The Art of the Cocktail
The Yes Cocktail Co.
Mixology Guide
Cocktail Syrups
Cocktail Mixers
Bitters Cubes: Champagne
Bitters Cubes: Old Fashioned
Shake, Stir, Sip, Repeat
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2 oz Earl Grey Infused Bourbon
.5 oz YCC Hot Toddy Syrup
2 Dashes Bangin’ Bitters: Black Walnut Bitters
Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass on ice. Pour into an old fashioned glass (rimmed with the with a cinnamon sugar) over a single ice cube.
To infuse the bourbon, fill up a mason jar with 8oz of bourbon. Put one tea bag in and let sit for 24 hours.
2 oz Gin
0.5 oz YCC Coffee Syrup
0.5 oz YCC Hot toddy syrup
Tonic water or club soda
Combine coffee syrup, hot toddy syrup, and gin in a Collins glass over ice.
Stir to combine.
Top with tonic or club soda
Garnish with a twist of lemon peel
2 oz Bourbon
0.5 oz YCC Hot Toddy syrup
0.75 oz lemon juice
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass over one large cube of ice.
Garnish with a lemon wheel
2 oz Bourbon Whiskey
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
0.5 oz lime juice
1 Egg white (or aquafaba)
Bangin’ Bitters: Aromatic Bitters
Combine all the ingredients in a shaker filled with ice and shake until chilled. Strain into a chilled rocks glass over one large cube of ice.
Top with 3 dashes Aromatic Bitters
3/4 oz Aperol
3/4 oz Elderflower Liqueur
3/4 oz Fresh Lime Juice
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
3/4 oz Sugarcane Rum (Rhum Agricole)
9 drops Bangin’ Bitters: Elderberry Bitters
Combine all ingredients in a shaker over ice
Shake Vigorously until well chilled, about 10-15 seconds
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
0.25 oz YCC Amarø
0.75 oz Fresh Lime Juice
0.5 oz Fresh Grapefruit Juice
2 oz Blanco Tequila
Garnish: Lime Wheel
Combine all ingredients (except garnish) in a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake until chilled, about 10 seconds. Strain into a chilled martini or coupe glass, garnish and enjoy.
1.25 oz Orange wine
1.5 oz Manzanilla Sherry
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
.5 oz fresh lime juice
2 dashes Bangin’ Bitters: Burnt Orange Bitters
Club soda
Boozy Cherry for garnish
Combine all ingredients except for club soda in a shaker with ice
Shake and strain into a Collins glass filled with ice
Top up with club soda
Garnish with a boozy cherry (or two)
2 oz Bourbon
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
0.5 oz Grenadine
Mint for Muddling
Boozy Cherry for Garnish
Muddle mint at the bottom of shaker with Key Lime Sour Mixer.
Add ice, bourbon and grenadine and shake vigorously for 15-20 seconds.
Strain into a chilled coupe and garnish with a boozy cherry.
.5 oz YCC Pineapple Mojito Mixer
.5 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
2 oz coconut water
Pinch of salt
Club Soda or Tonic water
Add both mixers, coconut water and the pinch of salt to a shaker with ice.
Shake until chilled
Open pour into a chilled rocks glass
Top up with club soda or Tonic Water
Garnish with a sprig of mint
1 oz Blanca Tequila
1 oz Mezcal
1/2 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
1/2 oz Lime Juice
4 oz Sparkling Mineral Water
*Salt for Rim
*Orange wheels for Salt Rim
Rub the orange wheel on the rim of a Collins glass and salt rim
Add 1-2 orange wheels to bottom of glass and muddle
Add Tequila, Mezcal, Mixer, and Lime Juice.
Fill glass with ice and top up with Sparkling Mineral Water
Stir Gently and serve
3/4 oz Gin
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
3/4 oz Green Chartreuse
3/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino
Boozy Cherry to garnish
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice
Shake vigorously until well chilled
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with a Boozy Cherry
2 oz Bourbon
1 oz YCC Key Lime Sour Mixer
1 oz Fresh Key Lime Juice
1 Egg white
Key Lime Wedge
In Shaker combine Bourbon, Key Lime Sour mix, juice and egg white.
Shake with no ice for 20 to 30 seconds. Add ice and shake again.
Strain into glass and garnish with lime wedge.
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Lauren Butler and Brandon Alpert began their journey into mixology in a most unexpected way—while touring the world as theatre educators, actors, and directors. During their travels, they made it a mission to experience the world’s best bars and cocktails. From bourbon in Kentucky to aquavit in Denmark, they were always thirsty for a bit of local flavor. But when they returned home, they found the mixers and syrups just didn’t measure up—full of artificial ingredients, preservatives. and high fructose corn syrup. Determined to recreate the craft cocktails they’d enjoyed abroad, they began crafting their own mixers using all-natural, locally sourced ingredients from their home in Paso Robles, California.
And so, Yes Cocktail Co. was born. For Lauren and Brandon, it’s all about saying “yes!” to new flavors, new ideas, and of course, new cocktails. After all, that’s the first rule of improv—and the secret to living a little more adventurously.
